Improvement in registered-package envelopes



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

WILLIAM` F. MCORARY, OF BAKER COUNTY, OREGON. I

- IMPROVEMENT vIN REGISTERED-PACKAGE ENVELOPES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,212, dated December10, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. F. MCCRARY, of

l Baker county, Oregon, have invented an Imenvelope, constructed andarranged as fully shown by the drawing herewith submitted. Figure 1shows the pattern of the envelope before it is folded.

The flaps numbered 1 and 8 are nearly the same as in the old one now inuse, being a tri# ile wider. The flap or tuck numbered 2 is the same asin the old one. `The ap numbered 4y in Fig. 1 is new, being cut withsquare end and gummed, as indicated by the shading in Fig. 1, and whenfolded together, as shown in Fig. 2, forms the pocket. The circular cutin the edge of the pocket, being in position where the thumb and ringerare naturally placed in taking hold of the envelope to read its address,enables the postmaster to readily remove and replace the receipt, asrequired by the Postmaster-General. The edge of the pocket, as fullyshown in the drawing, is cut a litt-le shorterthan the end of theenvelope, for the purpose of protecting the-pocket against the action ofother packages in the mail with it.

My invention is intended as an improvement upon my registered-packageenvelope which was patented April 30, 1872, as well as upon the envelopenow adopted by the Postmaster- General and in use by the government.

The advantage that my improved envelope has over the one now in use isthe pocket 1n the Vend for the receipt. heretofore and now in luse haveno convenient way of attaching these receipts, and the consequence isthat they are tied on with twine, or stuck to the envelope with gum orother devices, all of which have proved to be insnl'icient, and theycause postmasters and others handling them unnecessary time and troublein taking off and putting on these receipts while changing the mail atway-offices where there is no time to spare. rllhey are frequentlydetaohed from the package and lost. PMy invention is designed to remedythese evils as Well as to relieve postmasters, 4and to operate for thebetter security of this class of mail matter.

The envelope having the external receiptpocket 5, constructedsubstantially'as shown and described.

y WILLIAM F. MCCRARY. Witnesses:

y H. C. PAIGE,

W. H. BENTLEY.

The old ones used

